Soccer Preview: Central Mountain vs. Shikellamy
The Central Mountain Wildcats will be staying on the road on Wednesday to face off against the Shikellamy Braves at 4:00 p.m. Shikellamy took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Central Mountain, who comes in off a win.
Central Mountain will bounce into Wednesday's match after beating Selinsgrove, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Central Mountain walked away with a 3-1 win over Selinsgrove on Saturday. The score was all tied up 1-1 at the break, but the Wildcats were the better team in the second half.
Lincoln Breon and
Cole Cooper scored all three of Central Mountain's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 11 goals.
Meanwhile, Shikellamy managed to keep up with Midd-West until halftime on Wednesday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Shikellamy came up short against Midd-West, falling 4-0. That's two games in a row now that the Braves have lost by exactly four goals.
The victory got Central Mountain back to even at 6-6-1. As for Shikellamy, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 7-6.
Central Mountain skirted past Shikellamy 1-0 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Central Mountain since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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